15. On 17 August 2016, the Respondent sought leave of Court to file a Rejoinder to the Applicants' Reply. 16. The Court granted the request, and on 9 September, 2016, the Respondent filed its Rejoinder. 17. On 26 September 2016, the Registry notified the Parties that the written procedure was closed. The Court decided not to hold a public hearing on the matter. IV. THE PARTIES' PRAYERS 18. The Applicants pray the Court to: "(i) declare their Application admissible and founded in fact and in law; (ii) order the Respondent to enact special legislation restricting the preliminary investigation to a set time limit; (iii) rule that failure to observe the set time limit will negatively affect the preliminary investigation report; (iv) order the State of Mali to enact legislation recognizing the responsibility of the State for the procedural misconduct of its agents; (v) order the Respondent to pay them the following sums of money: 1. 10,867,000 CFA F being the value of the items stolen; 2. 7,000,000 CFA F, being the hard-to-assess value of the items and the works stolen; 3. 5,000,000 CFA F being the moral prejudices suffered by the entire members of their family; 4. 9,000,000 CFA F being lawyer's fees for the procedure at local level and for the current procedure; 5. 1,000,000 CFA F being the procedural costs". 19. The Respondent prays the Court : "(i) with respect to form: to declare the Application inadmissible for failure to exhaust the local remedies; (ii) on the merits: should this issue arise, to dismiss the Application as unfounded." 4 t Jri Jif-O ~ ~g; ~